Leverrier said he had asked M.Chacornac to meet me, but he was not there.

I felt that we got on a little better, but not much, and it was evident that he did not expect me to understand an observatory.

We did not ascend to the domes.
"Leverrier has telegraphic communication with all Europe except Great Britain.
"It was quite singular that they made such different remarks to me.
Leverrier said that they had to make science popular.
"Airy said, 'In England there is no astronomical public, and we do not need to make science popular.' "Jan.

24, 1858.

I am in Rome! I have been here four days, and already I feel that I would rather have that four days in Rome than all the other days of my travels! I have been uncomfortable, cold, tired, and subjected to all the evils of travelling; but for all that, I would not have missed the sort of realization that I have of the existence of the past of great glory, if I must have a thousand times the discomfort.